Report: Browns hire Dowell Loggains

Posted by Josh Alper on January 30, 2014, 6:28 PM EDT

Reuters

Mike Pettine has reportedly added someone to his offensive coaching staff, it’s just not clear what role Dowell Loggains would occupy.

Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports that Loggains has been hired by the Browns and will be on the staff as either the quarterbacks coach or offensive coordinator. Loggains reportedly met with the Browns on Thursday. Loggains was the offensive coordinator in Tennessee for over a year before being let go at the end of the season along with coach Mike Munchak.

The Browns have also reportedly spoken to former Redskins offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, but Rapoport reports that he is unlikely to end up in Cleveland. Rapoport’s colleague Albert Breer reports that the team wanted to hire Bill Callahan as offensive coordinator and Loggains as quarterbacks coach, but the Cowboys have not allowed Callahan to look for employment elsewhere despite adding Scott Linehan to the staff to call plays.

Raiders quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo has also been in the mix and reportedly interviewed with the team on Thursday as well.

Wow the browns owner has gutted this team. Get ready to see empty seats mr flying J. I watched dowwelll in tennessee and it was tough. Put it to u this way i was more excited to watch bernard pollard and the defense than i was a dowwell ran offense every sunday. He got promoted in tenn due to the “buddy” program they had going on for past decade. Directv nfl sunday ticket sales will skyrocket in the cleveland area!

I am just going to have to say let’s give them a chance.. I mean we had 4 wins last year. they can’t do much worse with all these draft picks we have and sorry Brandon but no Weedon throwing the ball has to be good for a couple of wins right there.
I am wondering what the hell is going on too.. but I gotta believe they have to have a little bit of an idea what they are doing. Don’t they?? Please!!

Pat Schurmur and Mangini are feeling even more blessed to be with the Eagles and 49ers respectively. Safety Mike Adams is with the Broncos. Phil Dawson with the 49ers. Say bye to Mack and Ward. Joe Thomas is itching to bust out of town. Banner is a moron.

Everyone is reporting Dowell is QB coach. Can Mike Munchak leave the Steelers where he is O line coach to be an OC in Cleveland? I would love Brian Billick as OC/ Asst HC. He has seemed To be chiming in a lot lately about Petine.

It’s been 15 years since I’ve lived in Cleveland, and I’m still a Browns fan. But at this point, it’s more because I like to see how people wrinkle their foreheads in puzzlement when I tell them I watch the Browns every Sunday.

This show just how dysfunctional the Browns really are. The only way Banner and Co. should have hired Pettine is if he had a reputable OC lined up. As it turns out only the Browns could hire a HC who is a defensive coach, who hasn’t been a head coach since high school, without actually having an experience OC lined up.

If Pettine truly had an agreement to bring someone with him, they wouldn’t have taken a flyer at Kubiak, and then ended up with a guy with only year as an OC. Not saying Loggins is a bad coach, but you can’t exactly call going from Norv Turner to Dowell a step in the right direction.

Kind of a bummer. This team was one of the poor teams that were showing improvement and gathering a lot of talent…some could argue that with a decent QB they’d be close to being, if not, a good team. Then this offseason has turned into a disaster.

Firing Chud has killed this team. There should be a clear direction by now…the front office has set this talented team behind. Everything has to shake out perfectly from here on for them to have a chance to compete. This should’ve been the year that they did, but front office guys just HAVE to make their own imprint, even if it is at the bereft of production.

I’m not sure about this hire, but a bunch of people are commenting about the terrible hiring so far by the Browns. I assure you, many people in Buffalo were sad to see Pettine leave. He did a great job for the Jets as well, prior to working in Buffalo. Hopefully the Browns give him more than 1 season to try and fix things.